Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word meagre?
- Which image represents the word hearty?
- Which image represents the word wholesome?
- Select the correct definition of lavish.
- modest, plain, and simple
- spicy or peppery
- sumptuous and luxurious ✓
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- Select the correct definition of humble.
- lavish and luxurious
- modest, plain and simple ✓
- filling and wholesome
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- Select the correct definition of sumptuous.
- lavish and luxurious ✓
- small, limited, or not enough
- healthy or good for you
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Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- repulsive
- hearty
- inedible ✓
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What word does this image represent?- inedible
- stale ✓
- rancid
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What word does this image represent?- nauseating ✓
- stale
- wholesome
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- Which of the following are synonyms of 'repulsive'?
- inedible
- gross ✓
- disgusting ✓
- stale
- hard
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Flies buzzed around the stinking, _________ meat.'
- repulsive
- stale
- rancid ✓
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Yin threw the rock-hard, __________ sandwich out of the window in anger.'
- wholesome
- stale ✓
- hearty
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Rancid' is an adjective which means foul or rotten.
- 'Nauseating' is an adjective which means sickening or disgusting.
- 'Inedible', 'repulsive', 'stale' and 'unpalatable' are other adjectives related to the word disgusting.
Common misconception
Pupils might think all these words are simply synonyms of 'disgusting'.
Ensure pupils understand the nuances of each word i.e. 'rancid' implies something has gone rotten whilst 'repulsive' is used more to describe something that looks disgusting.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
Word pair - words that often appear together
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